Study Structural Theory – Flashcards

A Family therapist who begins a session by greeting individual family members by name and asking for each person's view of the problem demonstrating which strategy

Structural therapists attempt to alter the family's view of reality by

The primary treatment goal of structural family therapy is to

Disengaged subsystems are surrounded by _____ boundaries while _________ subsystems have ______ boundaries

Structural Family therapists use ______ to observe and then change transactions that make up family structure

Unbalancing involves

in order to discern a family's structure two things are necessary: a theoretical system that explains structure and

Minuchin's term for psychological isolation that results from overly rigid boundaries around individuals and subsystems in a family is

When two people marry, they must learn to negotiate the nature of the boundary between them, as well as the boundary separating them from the outside. this structural requirement is known as

Structural family therapist are __________, because they believe symptoms in one member are expressive of the entire family structure.

The goal in structural family therapy when working with enmeshed families is to

Structural believe the family must first accept the therapist, in a process called _________, which allows the therapist to increase stress and unbalance the family homeostasis, thus allowing for structural transformation in the family occur. a . detouring

When parents are unable to resolve the conflicts between them, a common pattern is to continue to argue through the children. When father says mother is too permissive, she says he's too strict. He may in turn withdraw, and she responds to the child with excessive concern and devotion. the structural term which best describes the resulting family structure is

An interaction stimulated in structural family therapy in order to observe and then change transactions which make up family structure

During which phase of structural family does assessment occur?

In order to highlight and modify interactions in the family, structural therapists use intensity to

_____________ is another method of modifying interactions, which structural therapist use to help family members employ more functional alternatives already in their repertoire of skills

Minuchin, Rosman, and Baker (1978) reported a 90% improvement rate in the results of their treatment study of structural family therapy in treating